秋来れば思ふ心ぞ乱れつつ
まづ紅葉葉と散りまさりける
まづ紅葉葉と散りまさりける
- Roma-ji
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Aki kureba omou kokoro zo midaretsutsu mazu momijiba to chirimasarikeru
- English Translation
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When autumn comes round,
the heart that broods is thrown
into disarray,
and like the crimson leaves,
first of all, it scatters more and more
- Meaning
- When autumn comes, my brooding heart falls into turmoil and, before all else, scatters more and more like crimson leaves.
- Commentary
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Book Six Autumn Poems II 331
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On seeing the moon."
The poet says that when autumn comes, the brooding heart falls into disarray and, before all else, scatters more and more like crimson leaves. The heart in turmoil is overlaid with crimson leaves scattering in confusion.
From 327 to 334, eight poems stand together under the headnote "On seeing the moon." Though the headnote reads "On seeing the moon," this poem sings not of the moon but of autumn brooding through crimson leaves.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The first line, "Aki kureba," means "when autumn comes." 244 and 262 of Book Five open with the same line.
The second line, "omou kokoro zo," means "the brooding heart," with "zo" an emphatic particle.
In the third line, "tsutsu" expresses continuation: "in disarray."
The fourth line, "mazu momijiba to," means "first of all, like crimson leaves." The next poem, 332, also sings of crimson leaves from its fourth line to its last.
The last line, "chirimasarikeru," means "it scatters all the more," with "zo" in the second line and the attributive "keru" forming a kakarimusubi pattern.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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